by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Feb 9, 2023 | Health, Politics
The Benevolent Fund celebrity dinner is back Following a several year hiatus, the Benevolent Fund celebrity dinner is returning March 11 to benefit the nonprofit that provides emergency assistance to individuals and families with short-term financial needs. The last...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Feb 6, 2023 | Agriculture, Art, Business, Crime and Courts, Health, Politics
Local grape-growers are on tenterhooks, in the face of expert warnings that a sap-sucking agricultural vandal – the invasive spotted lanternfly – most likely will descend on their vineyards in the coming spring. An adept hitchhiker, the pest already has Rappahannock...
by Randy Rieland | Jan 21, 2023 | Politics
Take a look back to some of the key moments in 2022 that defined Rappahannock County. Jan. 3: A heavy snowfall causes more than a thousand county residents to lose power, some for as long as a week. Jan 5: Wakefield Supervisor Debbie Donehey is re-elected board chair...
by Randy Rieland | Jan 2, 2023 | Business
The Rappahannock County Public Safety Committee last week recommended that the Board of Supervisors withdraw financial support from the troubled Flint Hill Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company. The vote last week was the latest and most drastic step in the county’s...
by Julia Shanahan | Oct 8, 2022 | Broadband, Business
The Rappahannock County Broadband Authority (RCBA) in a split vote on Monday approved all future funding for broadband expansion after All Points Broadband sent a letter to the body threatening to delay fiber construction in the county since it was late to make its...